the a's playing their second straight against baltimore, the no. 2 wild-card in the al. again it was the a's taking the upper hand. they did all the damage in the 3rd inning trailing 2-0. stephen drew with a blast to right. that is no. 2 on the year for drew. 2-1 after redick tie. it cespedes goes up the middle, 3- 2 oakland. chris carter dumps one fair and redick and cespedes come around. 5-2a's. balfour with his 19th save and the a's three games in front of the orioles for the second wild- card, but oakland may be able do better than that. that is because the texas rangers are anything, but out of reach. seattle and texas locked in a 6- 6 tie until the mariner's justin smoak went deep in the 8th. the m's with the win. the rangers lead has shrunk to just two games. >>> still to come on this saturday n [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers. blah, blah, blah. if i had a sleepover, i couldn't just move the tv into the playroom. no, we had to watch movies in the de